OverviewThe Pluribus Freedom architecture presents a unique combination of switch, compute, storage and bare-metal hypervisor OS technologies, and is designed to accelerate the integration of services and appli-cations into the network.

At the heart of the Freedom platform is the Netvisor® OS, the industry’s first and only distributed network operating system with hypervisor bare-metal virtu-alization capabilities of computing resources - CPU, memory, and storage - and merchant silicon switch chip. Unleashing the full power of the Netvisor OS is the novel Freedom Server-Switch architecture, which includes a powerful server platform, combined with a high-density 10/40 GbE merchant silicon switch and network processor.

In the Freedom architecture, the network switch becomes a true extension of the server. Merchant silicon chips are fully integrated into the operating sys-tem, controlled and virtualized like a NIC, and used as an offload/HW acceleration engine for application flows and network functions. The network switch is managed by a server-class control plane through mul-tiple10Gbps high-speed connections, thus unleashing a new class of services and functions to run directly “inside” the network, such as the ability to run scalable monitoring and analytics for “physical” and “virtual” (tunneled) flows, free of taps and external monitoring gear.

The Freedom platform brings full bare metal control and visibility into the network through powerful, Unix-style API to deliver true inNetwork™ Application Programmability, inNetwork virtualization, inNetwork ana-lytics and inNetwork automation. DevOps and NetOps now have an open architecture to program, virtualize and automate the network exactly like a server, with bare-metal performance efficiency, availability and security.

Technology Highlights of the Freedom Architecture1. Bare-metal compute and network programmability for L4-L7 applications and services to advance true

bare metal SDN/NFV/and transport-aware applications. Customers in fields such as financial HFT, CDN, big data, cloud and real-time messaging infrastructure are building a new breed of transport-aware ap-plications.

Freedom Server-Switch Datasheet

2. The ability to operate physical and virtual infrastructure without the need to run separate underlay-over-lay networks, dramatically simplifying operations and reducing the time to deploy new applications with “wire-once and re-wire virtually” technology.

3. By leveraging HPC cluster-style technology, Netvisor creates a fully automated and distributed fab-ric-cluster with the following advantages:

a. Applications and services deployed on top of the cluster have fabric-wide visibility without the com-plexity of having to understand the network topology.

b. Any node in the cluster has the same view of the network and offers a single point of management with no single point of failure.

c. The clustering technology allows SDN-centralized controllers to overcome their intrinsic scalability limitations by allowing controllers to interact only with one node while the cluster hides the physical fabric topology.

4. Fabric-wide analytics - You can monitor up to hundreds of millions of flows in real time, with the option of up to 6.4 TB of Fusion IO storage, or keep historical logging with no performance penalty, including the ability to correlate host-network analytics, with VM granularity for any traffic including VXLAN tun-nels. The network does not require separate specialized network gear for monitoring activity.

5. Fabric-wide flow programmability with bare-metal performance and scale - Monitor, intercept, re-route, or drop any flow across the fabric without the need to understand the physical topology or the exact route of the flow through the network.

6. Elastic provisioning of virtual services with bare metal performance - The Freedom Server-Switch plat-form is an ideal point in the rack to consolidate and virtualize orchestration services, for example, Red Hat Openstack™ or VMware vCenter™ Server/vSphere®, as well as network services such as DHCP, PXE, DNS, SLB, Argus auditing software, Wireshark, and others. Pluribus is actively engaged with L4-L7 services partners to bring more services on the Freedom Server-Switch platform in future releases.

Pluribus Networks Netvisor 2.0 Pluribus Networks Netvisor is available in three different packages that allow you to customize the features that you want to implement on your network. 1. Advanced Software Defined Fabric (ASDF) contains advanced virtualization services, advanced fabric

features, Analytics, logging, and the features included in Software Defined Fabric and IP Services.

2. Software Defined Fabric (SDF) includes advanced fabric-cluster automation, real-time monitoring and analytics, integrated network orchestration controllers, and fabric services. Also included are the features available in IP Services.

3. IP Services (IPS) includes enterprise Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching features including IPv4 and IPv6 routing as well as multicast, AAA, QoS, and ACLs.

Learn more by downloading Pluribus Networks white papers at http://www.pluribusnetworks.com/products.

Features by Software PackageThe following table lists the specific features available in each software package.

Table 1 - Features by Software Package

Features ASDF SDF IPSAdvanced Virtualization and Fabric ClusteringVirtual Networks √Netvisor Machines (KVM and FreeBSD) √Advanced Storage Protocols (iSCSI, NFS, Mirror, RAID, CIFS) √vRouter (Static Routers, RIP, OSPF, BGP) √Fabric Cluster √ √Fabric-wide Analytics √ √VXLANS √ √VXLAN central MAC Learning √ √VTEP (VXLAN Gateway) √ √Layer 2 FeaturesMAC address caching and ARP pruning √ √Layer 2 Switch Ports √ √ √VLAN Encapsulation 802.1Q √ √ √Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 802.1d √ √ √Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 802.1W* √ √ √Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) 802.1s* √ √ √STP Port Fast √ √ √STP BPDU Guard √ √ √STP PVST √ √ √LLDP 802.1AB √ √ √Jumbo Frames (9216 bytes) √ √ √Layer 3 IPv4 and IPv6 FeaturesRouting Protocols (Static, RIP, OSPF, BGP) √ √ √Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)* √ √ √IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) √ √ √Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation

VLAG Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (flow-based bridged or routed multicast/unicast traffic) √ √

High Availability Cluster √ √Data Center BridgingEdge Virtual Bridging (IEEE 802.1Qbg) √ √Data Center Bridging eXchange Protocol (DCBX)* √ √Priority Flow Control (802.1Qbb)* √ √Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) – IEEE 802.1Qaz* √ √Quantized Congestion Management (QCN) – IEEE 802.1Qau* √ √MulticastInternet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and IGMP Snooping v1 and v2 √ √ √Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Source Specific Mode (PIM-SSM) √ √ √Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Dense Mode (PIM-DM) √ √ √Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)* √ √ √Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVRMP)* √ √ √Multicast Source Directory Protocol (MSDP)* √ √ √

Features ASDF SDF IPSQuality of Service (QoS)vFlow-based QoS Classification Layers 2, 3, 4 √ √

Guaranteed Bandwidth with the built-in network processor up to 40Gbps (F64 plat-form only) √ √

Lossless traffic classes with the built-in network processor and up to 2G ultra deep queuing (F64 platform only) √ √

Strict priority queuing (LLQ), smoothed deficit round robin (SDWRR), weighted ran-dom early detection (WRED), weighted tail drop* √ √ √

Layer 2 802.1p Class of Service (CoS) √ √ √Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) √ √ √Security and ACLsRoot Login √

vFLow-based ingress and egress filters – allow and deny, port filters, VLAN filters, routed filters √ √

TACACS+ √ √ √SSH v1 and v2 √ √ √

Layer 2 ACLs – source and destination MAC, VLAN and or EtherType-based √ √ √

Layer 3 ACLs – source and destination IP/mask, protocol and TCP/UDP port- √ √ √

Storm control, port error disable, and auto-recovery √ √ √Control Plane Denial of Service (DoS) protection √ √ √Static Address Resolution Protocol √ √ √

Filter Actions – logging, system, reject, mirror to an interface, counters assign forwarding class, permit, drop, police, mark √ √ √

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) √ √ √ManagementSecure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server √ √ √SNMP v1, v2, v3 √ √ √Telnet √ √ √Syslog √ √ √Enhanced SNMP MIB Support √ √ √Role-based Access Management (RBAC) √ √ √Traffic MirroringPort Mirror to local virtual machine and storage √Application flow-based mirror √ √Port Mirror to remote destination (SPAN) √ √ √StatisticsOptional Fusion IO Storage (F64 platform only) √Port √ √Application-based connections √ √Fabric √ √vFlow √ √sFlow √ √ √Precision Timing

Precision Time Protocol (PTP) version 2 (IEEE 1588-2008): Transparent Clock and Boundary Clock modes √

Optional PCIe GPS time receiver (F64 platform only) √

*Available in future software releases

Table 2 - Services by Software Package

Services ASDF SDF IPSAdvanced Virtualization and Fabric ClusteringAPI Programming with C and Java √InNetwork™ Wireshark, tShark (tcpdump) √InNetwork™ Argus √Virtual Resource Groups (VRGs) Per VNETBuilt-in OpenFlow Controller Per VNET √DHCP Per VNET √DNS Per VNET √NAT Per VNET √Load Balancing Per VNET √PXE Per VNET √Built-in OpenStack Controller (Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana) √ √Red Hat Certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) √ √

Table 3 - Netvisor OS LicensingSoftware Product ID Description

F-IPS-NVOS2.0 Freedom F-Series IP Services License for Netvisor 2.xF-SDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom F-Series Software Defined Fabric License for Netvisor 2.xF-ASDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom F-Series Advanced Software Defined Fabric License for Netvisor 2.xE-IPS-NVOS2.0 Freedom E-Series IP Services License for Netvisor 2.xE-SDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom E-Series Software Defined Fabric License for Netvisor 2.xF-IPSUPSDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom F-Series Upgrade License from IPS to SDF for Netvisor 2.xF-IPSUPASDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom F-Series Upgrade License from IPS to ASDF for Netvisor 2.xF-SDFUPASDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom Line Upgrade License from SDF to ASDF for Netvisor 2.x F-SeriesE-IPSUPSDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom E-Series Upgrade License from IPS to SDF for Netvisor 2.0

Pluribus Freedom Platform Delivers on the Promise of Open Net-workingThe Pluribus Networks Freedom platform, completely based on merchant silicon hardware and open networking proto-cols, promises Enterprise and Service Provider customers an open, programmable platform with a cloud and virtualiza-tion architecture plus freedom from proprietary devices.

You can select from four levels of the Freedom server-switch to match the needs of your specific network:

• E68-M offers an entry level into the Freedom product line server-switch with advanced fabric-cluster features and automation.

• F64-M offers a 2U server-class single socket with fabric-wide analytics and underlay virtualization.• F64-L offers a high performance control plane for highly virtualized large scale Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks and

fabric services. • F64-XL offers high performance for Layer 4 through Layer 7 applications and advanced storage options.

The Freedom Server-Switch Product LineThe Freedom architecture, combining the industry’s only network hypervisor with the server-switch architecture, entire-ly based on merchant silicon and open L2/L3 protocols, is designed to unify DevOps and NetOps automation to drive ultimate network simplification and ease of management.

The Freedom product line has a revolutionary design using a switch component, and a server component connected by a fast PCIe bus, to create a Freedom server-switch.

The Pluribus Networks Freedom Series offers the industry’s first cloud underlay technology. The Pluribus Freedom Se-ries is available in a compact one-rack-unit (1RU) or 2RU form factor, and runs the industry leading Netvisor® hyper-visor, which provides you with cloud underlay, virtualization, multi-tenancy, L2-L7 services features and functions that are widely deployed in the Data Center.

The Pluribus Networks Freedom Series server-switch is an environment-friendly solution reducing operational expens-es. Variable-speed fans dynamically adjust their speed based on ambient temperature top optimize operating power. With a maximum power consumption of 1100 W, the Pluribus Networks Freedom Series server-switch can consolidate up to 4 kW of load balancer, router, and security appliances otherwise required.

Key Features of the Freedom Server-Switch Product LineThe Pluribus Networks Freedom line server-switch provides the following key features:

• Line-rate Layer 2 and 3 switching on all 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 40 Gigabit ports.• Ultra-low latency - The Pluribus Networks Freedom Line server-switch delivers ultra-low latency of 300 nanosec-

onds independent of packet size for Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic in cut-through mode and is ideally suited for HPC and latency-sensitive applications.

• The Pluribus Networks server-switch provides Layer 2 and 3 switching of up to 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps) and 960 Mpps of switching capacity to sustain line-rate capacity with full performance for Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic, with the option to operate in either cut-through or store-and-forward mode.

• High availability - The Pluribus Networks Freedom Line server-switch is designed with robust high availability features that include redundant power supplies and fan modules to ensure hardware availability. Control plane and data plane separation, combined with the Pluribus Networks nvOS® distributed network operating system, ensures maximum systems level availability.

• Precision Time Protocol (PTP; IEEE 1588) provides accurate clock synchronization and improved data correlation with network captures and system events.

The Freedom Line PortfolioThe Freedom line is available in four different configurations designed to meet your networking needs.

Table 4 - The Freedom Server-Switch Capabilities

Capability E68-M F-64M F-64-L F-64-XL1 F64-FL1T-SDF1

Processors 1 Xeon E3-1265L (4C) 1 Xeon E5-2620 (6C) 2 Xeon E5-2620 (6C) 2 Xeon E5-2620 (6C) 2 Xeon E5-2620 (6C)

Memory 16GB 32GB 64GB 256GB 128GBInternal Storage2 2 x 120GB SSD 2 x120GB SSD 2 x120GB SSD 2x 300GB SSD 2x 120GB SSDAdditional Storage N/A Optional Optional 2 x1TB HDD 825GB FusionIO

CPU-Switch Chip Ethernet Band-width 4 x 1GE 2 x 10GE +

20G PCIe2 x 10GE + 20G PCIe

4 x 10GE + 20G PCIe

4 x 10GE + 20G PCIe

Number of PCIe Slots N/A 6 (ASDF Required) 6 (ASDF Required) 6 (ASDF Required) 6 (ASDF Required)

Advanced QoS/2GB Buffering via NPU N/A N/A Yes (up to 100G) Yes (up to 100G) Yes (up to 100G)

Networking Chip Broadcom Trident 2 Intel FM6000 Intel FM6000 Intel FM6000 Intel FM6000

Ethernet Ports 44 x 10G/1G + 6 x 40G

48 x 10G/1G + 4 x40G

48 x 10G/1G + 4 x 40G

48 x 10G/1G + 4 x 40G

48 x 10G/1G + 4 x 40G

Power Supplies 2 x 650W 2 x 1100W 2 x 1100W 2 x 1100W 2 x 1100W

1 Available in a future release2 Fusion IO available for custom configuration

Hardware Components

Figure 1 - The E68-M Freedom Rear Panel

Figure 2 - The E68-M Freedom Front Panel

Figure 3 - The F64 Freedom Front Panel

Figure 4 - The F64 Freedom Rear Panel

Table 5 - Network Hardware and Software Scalability

Features F-Series E-Series

Forwarding Rate 1 Bpps Line rate on L2 and L3 on all ports 64 ports 1 Bpps Line rate on L2 and L3 on all 68 ports

Latency 350 ns 480 ns

Max MAC Addresses (Hardware Cache)* 64,000 288,000

Spanning Tree Instances 256 256

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP):Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) instances: 64* Per VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (PVSTP) instances: 256

Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) instances: 64* Per VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (PVSTP) instances: 256

VLANs 4095 active 4092 user configurable 4095 active 4092 user configurable

VXLAN IDs 16,000,000 16,000,000

Max IPv4 Host Routes 64,000 16,000

Max IPv4 Unicast Routes 64,000 shared with host routes 16,000

Max IPv4 Multicast Routes 20,000 8,000 shared with host routes

Max IPv6 Host Routes* 32,000 8,000

Max IPv6 Unicast Routes* 32,000 4,000

IGMP groups 36,000 8,000

ACL Entries 20,000 4,000 ingress / 1,000 egress

Packet Buffer 9MB shared 12MB shared

Network Processor Queuing Memory 2GB (L and XL models) N/A

Hardware Queues (QoS) 8 8

Link Aggregation Groups 64 64

Ports per IEEE 802.3ad LAG 16 16

Multicast groups 36,000 8,000

Jumbo frames 9,216 byte 9,216 byte

Traffic mirroringMirroring destination ports per switch: 4 Maxi-mum number of mirroring sessions: 4 Hardware Flow-based analytic probes: 16,000

Mirroring destination ports per switch: 4 Maxi-mum number of mirroring sessions: 4

Table 6 - Mechanical and Environmental Specifications

Attribute F64 Series E68 SeriesWidth 17.3 in (43.9 cm) 17 in (43.2 cm)

Height 3.47 in (8.8 cm) 2 RU 1.7 in (4.4 cm) (1RU)

Depth 29.2 in (74.2 cm) 22 in (55.9 cm)

Weight 55 lb (25 kg) 30 lb (13.6 kg)

Cooling • Front to back airflow• Redundant, hotswappable fans

• Front to back airflow• Redundant, hotswappable fans

Power Supplies 2x1100W 2x650W

Maximum Power Draw 1200W 840W

Rack Mount Options 4 post EIA cabinets perforated or solid wall 4 post EIA cabinets perforated or solid wall

Operating Temperature 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C) 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C)

Operating Altitude Range 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3050 m 0 to 10,000 ft (0 to 3050 m

Relative Humidity Operating 10% to 85% (noncondensing) 10% to 85% (noncondensing)

Relative Humidity Nonoperating 5% to 95% (noncondensing) 5% to 95% (noncondensing)

Storage Temperature -40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C) -40 to 158°F (-40 to 70°C)

Attribute F64 Series E68 Series

Management 2 Ethernet management ports (10/100/1000,RJ-45), IPMI, console, VGA, and 4 USB ports

1 Ethernet management port (10/100/1000,RJ-45), IPMI, console, VGA, and 2 USB ports

Table 7 - Regulatory Standards Compliance

Specification Description

EMC Emissions

• FCC 47CFR, Part 15 Class A (2009) USA Radiated Emissions• EN 55022 Class A (2006) +A1 2007 European Radiated Emissions• VCCI Class A (2007) Japanese Radiated Emissions• BSMI CNS 13438 and NCC C6357 Taiwan Radiated Emissions• AS/NZS CISPR22:2009

RoHS • RoHS 5 compliant except for lead press-fit connectorsPower • Gold Power Supply Efficiency

Safety

• CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 (2007) Information Technology Equipment – Safety• UL 60950-1 (2nd Ed.) Information Technology Equipment – Safety• EN 60950-1 (2005) Information Technology Equipment – Safety• IEC 60950-1 (2005) Information Technology Equipment – Safety (all country devia-

tions): CB Scheme report• EN 60825-1 +A1+A2 (1994) Safety of Laser Products – Part 1: Equipment Classi-

fication

Freedom Series Deployment ScenariosThe Freedom Series of Server-Switches can be inserted into leaf-spine architectures with three different roles in the network:

1. As a TOR device providing L2/L3 switching, as well as network services and NAS storage for the entire rack. Multiple Server-Switches can be clustered to offer a single point of management and fabric-wide services, such as Analytics (see Figure 5)

2. Both as a TOR and as an aggregation (spine) switch for the POD (see Figure 6). In this configu-ration the spine switch is ideally suited to provide services to the entire POD, which can lever-age either E68-M or F64 TOR server-switches.

3. The Freedom Server-Switches can also be deployed as server appliances with high-density 10G ports (see Figure 7). In this configuration the Server-Switches can offer monitoring/an-alytics services for the entire POD, and to run additional network and orchestration services network services including DHCP, PXE, DNS, NAS storage, Red Hat OpenStack controller and VMware orchestration software suite in a KVM container.

Entirely relying on merchant silicon and traditional L2/L3 protocols, the Freedom Server-Switches can interoperate with any traditional network while running its clustering algorithms over TCP/IP and virtual networking functionalities.

Figure 5 - Greenfield TOR

Figure 6 - Greenfield TOR and Spine

Figure 7 - Brownfield POD Deployment

Supported IEEE Standards• IEEE 802.1D: Spanning Tree Protocol• IEEE 802.1W: Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol• IEEE 802.1p: CoS Prioritization• IEEE 802.1Q: VLAN Tagging• IEEE 802.3z: Gigabit Ethernet• IEEE 802.3ad: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)• IEEE 802.3ae: 10 Gigabit Ethernet • IEEE 802.3ba: 40 Gigabit Ethernet• IEEE 802.1ab: LLDP• IEEE 1588-2008: Precision Time Protocol (Boundary Clock)• IEEE 802.1: 802.1Qbb - Priority-based Flow Control• IEEE 802.1Qaz - Enhanced Transmission Selection• IEEE 802.1: 802.1Qau - Congestion Notification• 802.1Qbg - Edge Virtual Bridging

Supported RFC• RFC 1997: BGP Communities Attribute• RFC 2385: Protection of BGP Sessions with the TCP MD5 Signature Option• RFC 2439: BGP Route Flap Damping• RFC 2519: A Framework for Inter-Domain Route Aggregation• RFC 2545: Use of BGPv4 Multiprotocol Extensions• RFC 2858: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGPv4• RFC 3065: Autonomous System Confederations for BGP• RFC 3392: Capabilities Advertisement with BGPv4• RFC 4271: BGPv4• RFC 4273: BGPv4 MIB: Definitions of Managed Objects for BGPv4• RFC 4456: BGP Route Reflection• RFC 4486: Subcodes for BGP Cease Notification Message• RFC 4724: Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP• RFC 4893: BGP Support for Four-Octet AS Number Space• RFC 2328: OSPF Version 2• RFC 3101: OSPF Not-So-Stubby-Area (NSSA) Option• RFC 3137: OSPF Stub Router Advertisement• RFC 3509: Alternative Implementations of OSPF Area Border Routers• RFC 3623: Graceful OSPF Restart• RFC 1724: RIPv2 MIB Extension• RFC 2082: RIPv2 MD5 Authentication• RFC 2453: RIP Version 2• RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol (UDP)• RFC 783: Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)• RFC 791: IP• RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)• RFC 793: TCP• RFC 826: ARP• RFC 854: Telnet• RFC 959: FTP• RFC 951, 1542 BootP• RFC 1305: Network Time Protocol (NTP) Version 3• RFC 1519: Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)• RFC 1542: BootP Relay• RFC 1591: Domain Name System (DNS) Client• RFC 1812: IPv4 Routers• RFC 2236: Internet Group Management Protocol, version 2• RFC 3376: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3• RFC 3569: An Overview of SSM• RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP

Supported MIBs

• RFC 1155 SMI• RFC 1157 SNMPv1• RFC 1212, 1213, 1215 MIB-II, Ethernet-like MIB and TRAPs• RFC 1901 Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2• RFC 2011 SNMPv2 for Internet Protocol using SMIv2• RFC 2012 SNMPv2 for Transmission Control Protocol using SMIv2• RFC 2013 SNMPv2 for User Datagram Protocol using SMIv2• RFC 2233, The Interfaces Group MIB using SMIv2• RFC 2287 System Application Packages MIB• RFC 2570 Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet standard Network Management Framework• RFC 2571, An Architecture for describing SNMP Management Frameworks (read-only access)• RFC 2572, Message Processing and Dispatching for the SNMP (read-only access)• RFC 2576 Coexistence between SNMP Version 1,Version 2, and Version 3• RFC 2578 SNMP Structure of Management Information MIB• RFC 2579 SNMP Textual Conventions for SMIv2• RFC 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2• RFC 2665 Ethernet-like Interface MIB

Transceiver and Cabling OptionsThe Pluribus Networks Freedom Series supports a wide variety of 1, 10, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver options.

1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity is available on ports 9 – 31, 41-64, and 40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity is achieved using QSFP+ transceivers in ports 1-4, 5-8, 32-36, 37-40.

For switch-to-switch or server-to-switch cabling, the Pluribus Networks Freedom Series supports SFP+ direct-attach 10 Gigabit Ethernet Copper, for longer cable runs, multimode and single-mode optical SFP+ transceivers are support-ed.

The Pluribus Networks Freedom Series supports connectivity over copper and fiber cables, providing excellent physi-cal-layer flexibility. For low-cost cabling, copper-based 40-Gbps Twinax cables are available.

Also supported is the ability to create additional 40Gbps ports on the server-switch by aggregating 4 10Gbps ports together. Additional QSFP+ transceivers and cables are needed to create the 40Gbps ports. The following table lists the ports that you can group together on the server-switch to create additional 40 Gbps ports.

Table 8 - Port Mapping for Additional 40 Gbps PortsNew 40

Gbps port Lane A Lane B Lane C Lane D

12 12 11 10 9

16 16 15 14 1317 17 18 19 2022 22 23 24 2125 25 26 27 2830 30 29 28 3142 42 44 46 4841 41 43 45 47

50 50 52 54 56

49 49 51 53 55

Table 9 - Pluribus Networks Transceiver Power Consumption and Latency

Connector Media Distance Power per Side

Transceiver Latency per

LinkStandard

QSFP+ SR4 MM OM2 MM OM3

82m300m 4W ~0µs IEEE 802.3ae

QSFP+ CU Copper Twinax 1,2,3m Ca. 0.4W ~0.1µs SFF 8431QSFP+ AO Active Fiber Optic 10, 50m Ca. 0.5W ~6.8ns SFF 8461

SFP+ SR MM OM2 MM OM3

82m300m 4W ~0µs IEEE 802.3ae

SFP+ CU Copper Twinax 1, 2, 3m Ca. 0.4W ~0.1µs SFF 8431

SFP+ AO Active Fiber Optic Cable 10, 50m Ca. 0.5W ~6.8ns SFF 8461

Ordering Information

Table 10 - Part Numbers and Descriptions

Part No. DescriptionChassis

E68-M E68-M (1U) Server-Switch 44x10G SFP+ 4x40G QSFP, Single Xeon E3-class CPU, 2x PSU

F64-XLF64 (2U) Server-Switch Series with 48x10G SFP+ 4x40G QSFP, 256GB Mem, Dual Xeon E5-class CPU, NPU, Dual SSD 300G, Dual 1TB HDD, 2xPSU, ext. storage option.

F64-L F64 (2U) Server-Switch Series with 48x10G SFP+ 4x40G QSFP, 64GB Mem, Dual Xeon E5-class CPU, NPU, Dual SSD 120G, 2PSU, ext. storage option

F64-M F64 (2U) Server-Switch Series with 48x10G SFP+ 4x40G QSFP, 32GB Mem, Single CPU, Dual SSD 120G, 2 xPSU, ext. storage option

SoftwareF-IPS-NVOS2.0 Freedom F-Series IP Services License for Netvisor 2.xF-SDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom F-Series Software Defined Fabric License for Netvisor 2.xF-ASDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom F-Series Advanced Software Defined Fabric License for Netvisor E-IPS-NVOS2.0 Freedom E-Series IP Services License for Netvisor 2.xE-SDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom E-Series Software Defined Fabric License for Netvisor 2.xF-IPSUPSDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom Line Upgrade License from IPS to SDF for Netvisor 2.xF-IPSUPASDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom Line Upgrade License from IPS to ASDF for Netvisor 2.xF-SDFUPASDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom Line Upgrade License from SDF to ASDF for Netvisor 2.xE-IPSUPSDF-NVOS2.0 Freedom E-Series Upgrade License from IPS to SDF for Netvisor 2.0BundlesE68-M-SDF E68-M with E-ASDF-NVOS2.0 Fixed Price Bundle, 2 PSF64-M-ASDF-X2 F64-M with E-ASDF-NVOS2.0 Fixed Price Bundle, 2 PS

Part No. DescriptionAccessory and Replacement KitsF64-HD1TB F64 Series 1TB 2.5” Hard Disk DriveF64-PSU1.1K F64 Series Power Supply Unit (AC 105-240V 50/60Hz)F64-FAN F64 Series Fan ModuleF64-ACC F64 Series Accessory Kit (Rails, Documentation, Setup Cables)Cables and TransceiversSFP-T 1000BASE-T, TransceiverSFP-SX GE LC connector SX transceiver (MMF)SFP-LX GE LC connector LX/LH transceiver (SMF)SFP10-SR SFP+, 10GbE, SR, 850nm Wavelength, 300 Meter, TransceiverSFP10-LR SFP+, 10GbE, LR, 1310nm Wavelength, 10 Kilometer, TransceiverSFP10-CU0P5M SFP+, 10GbE, Passive Copper Direct Attach, 0.5 Meter, CableSFP10-CU1M SFP+, 10GbE, Passive Copper Direct Attach, 1 Meter, CableSFP10-CU2M SFP+, 10GbE, Passive Copper Direct Attach, 2 Meter, CableSFP10-CU3M SFP+, 10GbE, Passive Copper Direct Attach, 3 Meter, CableSFP10-AO3M SFP+, 10GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 3 Meter, CableSFP10-AO5M SFP+, 10GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 5 Meter, CableSFP10-AO7M SFP+, 10GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 7 Meter, CableSFP10-AO10M SFP+, 10GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 10 Meter, CableSFP10-AO20M SFP+, 10GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 20 Meter, CableSFP10-AO20M SFP+, 10GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 20 Meter, CableQSFP40-SR4 QSFP+, 40GbE, SR, 850nm Wavelength, 100 Meter over OM3 MMF or 150 QSFP40-CU0P5M QSFP, 40GbE Passive Copper Direct Attach, 0.5 Meter, Cable QSFP40-CU1M QSFP, 40GbE Passive Copper Direct Attach, 1 Meter, Cable QSFP40-CU2M QSFP, 40GbE Passive Copper Direct Attach, 2 Meter, Cable QSFP40-CU3M QSFP, 40GbE, Passive Copper Direct Attach, 3 Meter, CableQSFP40-AO3M QSFP, 40GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 3 Meter, CableQSFP40-AO5M QSFP, 40GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 5 Meter, CableQSFP40-AO7M QSFP, 40GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 7 Meter, CableQSFP40-AO10M QSFP, 40GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 10 Meter, CableQSFP40-AO20M QSFP, 40GbE, Active Fiber Optic, 20 Meter, CableQSFP10-CU1M QSFP to 4x SFP+ Passive Copper Splitter, 1 Meter, CableQSFP10-CU2M QSFP to 4x SFP+ Passive Copper Splitter, 2 Meter, CableQSFP10-CU3M QSFP to 4x SFP+ Passive Copper Splitter, 3 Meter, Cable

Power Cord Ordering Information

Table 11 - Power Cord InformationSpecification DescriptionCAB-NA AC Power Cord, North America (13A/125V, 10 Feet)CAB-EU AC Power Cord, Europe (10A/250V, 2.5 Meter)CAB-UK AC Power Cord, United Kingdom (10A/250V, 2.5 Meter)CAB-IT AC Power Cord, Italy (10A/250V, 2.5 Meter)CAB-CH AC Power Cord, Switzerland (10A/250V, 2.5 Meter)CAB-JP AC Power Cord, Japan (10A/250V, 2.5 Meter)CAB-AU AC Power Cord, Australia (10A/250V, 2.5 Meter)CAB-CN AC Power Cord, China (10A/250V, 2.5 Meter)CAB-KR AC Power Cord, Korea (10A/250V, 2.5 Meter)CAB-BR AC Power Cord, Brazil (10A/250V, 3 Meter)

CAB-JMPR Cabinet Jumper Power Cord, C13-C14 Connectors (13A/250VAC, 2.3 Feet)

WarrantyThe Pluribus Networks F64 Series switch has a 13-month limited warranty. The warranty includes hardware replacement with a 10-day turnaround from receipt of a return materials authorization (RMA).

Complete the PackagePluribus Networks is committed to safeguarding your investment by providing a variety of support services that meet your needs and keep your network up and running. To augment our services we have assembled an industry-best team of support professionals who are always at your disposal anywhere in the world, day or night. Due to our commitment to your success, our support team is only comprised of escalation engineers - there is no scripted tier-I ‘helpdesk’ to slow your progress - you will have direct access to highly skilled Engineers, making this an invaluable addition to your resources and enabling your team to focus on more strategic business initiatives.

FreedomCare Support Offerings

Server-SwitchWarrantySupport

FreedomCareEnterprise

FreedomCareEnterprise NBD

FreedomCare4-Hour

FreedomCarePremier

Phone Support

Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm US PT First 90 Days

Mon-Fri, 12x5x365 -

24x7x365 - √ √ √ √

OnlineSelf Service

Case Management First 90 Days √ √ √ √

Knowledge Base First 90 Days √ √ √ √

Asset Management First 90 Days √ √ √ √

Software Distribu-tion

Major Feature Release - √ √ √ √

Maintenance & Patch Release √ √ √ √ √

Hardware Replace-ment

DOA Policy1 √ √ √ √ √

RMA Service Level Return for Repair2 Return for Repair2 Next Business Day3 4-Hours4 Next Business Day3

Premier Services

Designated Support Engineer - - - √

Quarterly Business Reviews - - - √

On-Site Network Audit - - - √

Services Program Notes

1 30 days from receiving the product, the replacement product ships next business day after Pluribus Networks confirms the product is DOA.2 Product ships 10 days after Pluribus Networks receipt of the RMA’ed hardware.3 Next business day hardware replacement is not available in all countries. Please consult with your reseller or Pluribus Networks Account Representative to confirm availability.4 Discounted, multi-year support contracts exist for 2, 3, 4 and 5-year FreedomCare support offerings. Please consult with your reseller or your Pluribus Networks Account Representative to obtain the most current pricing for each service offering.

For more information, please visit www.pluribusnetworks.com.All features subject to change without prior notice.

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E68-M F64M F64L F64XL1 F64-FL1T-SDF1

Processors 1 Xeon E3-1265L (4C) 1 Xeon E5-2620 (6C) 2 Xeon E5-2620 (6C) 2 Xeon E5-2620 (6C) 2 Xeon E5-2620 (6C)

Memory 16GB 32GB 64GB 256GB 128GBInternal Storage2 2 x 120GB SSD 2 x120GB SSD 2 x120GB SSD 2x 300GB SSD 2x 120GB SSDAdditional Storage N/A Optional Optional 2 x1TB HDD 825GB FusionIO CPU-Switch Chip Ethernet 4 x 1GE 2 x 10GE + 20G 2 x 10GE + 20G 4 x 10GE + 20G 4 x 10GE + 20G PCIeNumber of PCIe Slots N/A 6 (ASDF Required) 6 (ASDF Required) 6 (ASDF Required) 6 (ASDF Required)Advanced QoS/2GB Buffering N/A N/A Yes (up to 100G) Yes (up to 100G) Yes (up to 100G)Networking Chip Broadcom Trident 2 Intel FM6000 Intel FM6000 Intel FM6000 Intel FM6000

Ethernet Ports 44 x 10G/1G + 6 x 40G

48 x 10G/1G + 4 x40G

48 x 10G/1G + 4 x 40G

48 x 10G/1G + 4 x 40G

48 x 10G/1G + 4 x 40G

Power Supplies 2 x 650W 2 x 1100W 2 x 1100W 2 x 1100W 2 x 1100W

1 Available in a future release2 Fusion IO available for custom configuration

IP Services

AdvancedSoftware Defined Fabric

Enterprise IP Services• IP Services • L2/L3 Switching • IPv4/IPv6 Routing • Multicast • QoS • ACL • sFlow / SPAN

Virtualization & Storage• Virtual Networks (VNETs)• VMs for 3rd Party Apps• VMs for 3rd Party L4-L7

Services• NAS: iSCSI, NFS, CIFS• Storage Mirroring, RAID• Per VNET Services• Per VNET Controllers• Adv. Analytics Logging

HA Clustering, Analytics Services• HA Fabric Cluster• Fabric-wide Analytics• Fabric-wide vFlow• Services: DHCP, DNS, PXE

Server, NAT• Controllers: Floodlight

(OpenFlow), OpenStack• Red Hat Linus OpenStack• VXLAN Gateway (VTEP)• VLAGSoftware Defined

Fabric

Pluribus Applications NetvisorOS Options